Průhonice
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 Czech Republic
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| Region : | Středočeský kraj | ||||
| District : | Praha-západ | ||||
| Area : | 769.15 hectares | ||||
| Geographic location : | 50 ° 0 ' N , 14 ° 34' E | ||||
| Height: | 306 m nm | ||||
| Residents : | 2,853 (Jan 1, 2019) | ||||
| Postal code : | 252 43 | ||||
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| Street: |
 Highway D1 - junction Průhonice (Exit 6)
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| Status: | obec | ||||
| Districts: | 2 | ||||
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| Mayor : | Hana Borovičková (as of 2015) | ||||
| Address: | Květnové náměstí 73 252 43 Průhonice |
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| Municipality number: | 539571 | ||||
| Website : | www.pruhonice-obec.cz | ||||
Průhonice (German Pruhonitz ) is a municipality in Okres Praha-západ ( district Prague-West ) with about 2780 inhabitants. It borders directly on administrative district 11 of the Czech capital Prague and is about 10 km southeast of the city center. The Botič ( Botitzbach ) flows through Průhonice .
history
The Průhonice area was inhabited as early as the Neolithic Age, as demonstrated by findings from the linear ceramic culture in 1996 in the Komarov settlement.
The place was first mentioned in writing in 1187 in connection with the consecration of the Romanesque church of the Birth of Mary .
The first documented evidence of a castle that was built to the west of the church dates from 1289. Already in 1270 a Zdislav Ulrich Průhonice was reported as burgrave of Prague Castle . The development of the place is now closely linked to that of the Průhonice Castle, as it belonged to his estate. From the 13th century there are also records of the owners of the castle and the village, including Zdislav Průhonice , Bohuslav from Průhonice and Zdislava from Počernice and Průhonic .
Other owners were the lords of Říčany , who built a new castle on a rocky promontory over the stream and expanded the original Romanesque chapel. During their rule over this area, which lasted until the 1390s, the village became very prosperous. The Gothic wall paintings in the local chapel date from this period.
In the 16th century, another owner of the Průhonic estate, knight Zápských von Mat , had the castle expanded into a Renaissance style chateau .
In the 17th century the rule was owned by the influential Reichshofrat Andreas Hannewaldt von Eckersdorf . In the village there was a brewery, village tavern and smithy.
In the course of the Thirty Years' War Průhonice was completely destroyed. The rebuilding began by the owners of the estate, Imperial Councilor Knight Antonius Binago and his son. The next owners, the imperial count Desfours , continued him.
After 1800 the castle was extensively rebuilt by Johann Nepomuk von Nostitz-Rieneck , the brewery was shut down and served as accommodation under the name of "small castle".
According to a survey from 1848, Průhonice consisted of 61 houses with 479 inhabitants and the village of Hole u Průhonic of 23 houses with 135 inhabitants.
In 1872 the first general school was founded in Pruhonice.
Under Count Ernst Emanuel von Silva-Tarouca , an enthusiastic woodworker , the castle park was enlarged to 240 hectares, the previously meandering Botič was regulated for flood protection and over 40 kilometers of roads were laid out.
Today Průhonice is undergoing dynamic development as a municipality on the outskirts of the city of Prague and the seat of a number of large domestic and foreign companies. The location on the motorway provided the basis for a number of commercial areas. The headquarters of the Czech Cave Administration is also located in the village.
Attractions
- Průhonice Castle in neo -renaissance style (national cultural monument) emerged from a Gothic castle. Today it houses the Institute of Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences .
- Castle park - a network of paths of 23 km runs through the art-historically interesting area by the Botič brook and the Dobřejovického and Zdiměřického tributaries . More than 1,600 species of trees, some of them exotic, and the outstanding collection of rhododendrons (over 8,000 specimens of more than 100 different species) are of interest .
- Dendrological Garden of the Research Institute of Landscape and Ornamental Gardening - Over 5,000 species of woody plants and shrubs grow on an area of 73 hectares, making it one of the largest collections of ornamental plants in the Czech Republic. The garden is open to the public.
- Botanical garden, founded in 1963, with a very extensive collection of irises, roses, peonies and daylilies.
- Holských Cascade - seven lakes laid out at the beginning of the 18th century
- Michovka earth mound - artificially raised mound to protect the neighboring highway from noise
Community structure
Průhonice consists of the districts Průhonice and Rozkoš . Basic settlement units are Hole, Komárov, Průhonice, Rozkoš and Za dálnicí.
The municipality is divided into the cadastral districts of Průhonice and Hole u Průhonic .
Personalities
- Amadeo Silva-Tarouca (1898–1971), philosopher
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ uir.cz
- ↑ Český statistický úřad - The population of the Czech municipalities as of January 1, 2019 (PDF; 7.4 MiB)
- ^ Ivan Lutterer, Milan Majtán, Rudolf Šrámek: Zeměpisná jména Československa. 1st edition. Mladá fronta, Praha 1982, OCLC 42161153 , p. 247.
- ^ Czech cave administration
- ↑ uir.cz
- ↑ http://www.uir.cz/zsj-obec/539571/Obec-Pruhonice
- ↑ uir.cz